Well, it finally happened. One of her family members had the uncomfortable honor of being the first to catch her and Danny doing inappropriate stuff. They’d met in the Practical Lab so they could work on some work for their upcoming Defense assignment. Really, it was no surprise that the two of them got incredibly distracted. And the professors really should know by now to knock on doors before entering; they couldn’t be the only hormonal teenagers out there!

As Danny had pointed out, his hands were at least on her waist, so it could have been worse. Aaron had turned some very interesting colors before mentioning that the upper years were needed in the greenhouses, and then he ran away. The Aquila didn’t think it possible, but her face was probably as red as her hair. Danny found it all absolutely hilarious. Marissa didn’t, but between Danny’s laughter and cute comforting words, she calmed down enough. She kind of wanted to go apologize to Aaron, but it seemed like it might be best for everyone if they just pretended this never happened.

Marissa and Danny held hands while they walked to the greenhouses. They only let go when they arrived. Danny held open the door for her, and they separated after that. Marissa blinked and looked around the greenhouse. Magizoo was not one of the classes she regularly took, so she wasn’t super familiar with the greenhouses. However, she was pretty sure there weren’t supposed to be blue stinging creatures flitting about, and people definitely weren’t supposed to be floating.

This was something she would’ve expected from her Aunt Cindra. Having a bunch of students come to clean up after an adult’s mess – students who weren’t really qualified to do so – was totally her thing. Granted, she didn’t know Professor Bennett that well. Maybe the two adults got along really well. It was almost too bad he was married; Marissa could easily see him and Aunt Cindra raising weird little plant babies together. Hell, Aunt Cindra’s current baby was literally named after a plant.

Marissa sighed a little and went to locate a pair of gloves. If she’d known she’d be in danger of floating today, she probably would’ve chosen to wear pants instead of an emerald green mini-skirt. She’d just have to be really careful not to get stung or whatever. She stuck her wand in her curly red mane and frowned, accidentally grabbing gloves that were too small at first. Kaye Packman grumped on over and snatched the smaller gloves out of Marissa’s hands. The red-head blinked and raised her hands in confused surrender at the younger girl, who rolled her eyes and walked off in a different direction. Marissa assumed Kaye would use the mayhem to steal something; she didn’t know what else the girl did with her free time.

“Alright then…” Marissa found a pair of gloves that worked, then looked around. One of the billywigs made a dive for a student nearby, and the Aquila grabbed her wand. “Stupefy!” Thankfully she hit the streak of blue and not the student. The billywig fell, bouncing off of the other student’s head before making it to the ground. She quickly knelt down (careful not to flash anyone; she really wish she’d had a chance to change) and scooped up the creature before it could get stepped on. “Well, I guess there are more boring ways to spend an afternoon, huh?”

OOC: Mentions of Danny and Aaron approved of by their respective authors

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